Transom support and fastener.



l W. ROPBR. TRANSOM SUPPORT AND PASTENBR.

APPLICATION FILED IEB.8, 1911.

Patented Aug. 15', 1911i 1,0oog691.

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WILLIAM ROPER, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRANSOM-VSUPPORT AND FASTENEHR.

Specication of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 15, 1911,

Application led February 8, 1911. Serial No. 607,250.

To al whom 'it may concern: a

Be it known that I, WILLIAM RorER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Transom Supports and Fasteners, of which the following is a specification. l

My inventionrelates to improvements in transom supports and fasteners, the object of the invention being to provide an improved device of this character especially adapted for use in connection with metal transoms, and which serves the double function of supporting the transom in an inclined open position, and locking the transom in closed position.

A further object is to provide improvements of this character which may beA readily secured to any ordinary metal sash, which will be comparatively cheap tol mannfacture, neat and attractive in appearance, and strong and durable in use.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is a fragmentary view in section illustrating my improvements supporting a transom in open position. Fig. 2, is a similar View showing the transom closed and locked, and Fig. 3, is a view in elevation at right angles to F ig..2.

l, represents a metal frame and 2 a hinged transom, said frame and said transom pref- `erably made of angle bars as shown, the frame having an upwardl projecting bar 3 against which the bar o thetransom engages when thev latter is closed.

Abracket 4 is secured to the lower bar of the transom, and is made with a journal 5 on which a strap 6 is pivoted to swing vertically. A n angle bar 7 is pivotally connected to strap 6 by means of a rivet 8a, so that the bar 7 swings horizontally. This bar 7 at suitable intervals is provided with notches 8, which when the transom is opened, are adapted to receive the bar '3 of frame 1,

and hold the transom in open position. Bar 7 is also provided with a notch 9 which, when the transom is closed and bar 7 is swung around to a position parallel with bar 3, is adapted to engage back of the head of a rivet or pin 10 on bar 3, and securely lock the transom in closed position, as shown most l clearly in Fig. 3.

Various slight changes might be made in the'general form and arrangementof parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at libert to make such changes and alterations as airly fall within the spirit and scope of the appendedclaims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination with a frame, and a hinged member therein, of a strap pivotally connected to the hinved member, a bar pivotally connected to t 1e strap, said bar havi ing notches to engage the frame and hold the hin d member 1n open position, a single hea ed pin on the vertical face of said frame, and a notchn said bar adapted to engage back of said head when said member is closed and the bar positioned beside th frame, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a frame, and a hinged transom therein, of a bracket secured to the transom, a strap pivotally connected- `open position, a single headed 'pin fixerL to the inner vertical face of said frame, anda notch -in said bar adapted to engage the pin back of its head when said bar is turned to a position flat against the frame with the transom closed, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

` k'WILLIAM ROPER. 'Witnesses y Y Crus. E. Poms, R. H. KRENKEL.

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